Chapter 186: The Family Recognition Segment
"Nani!?"
Everyone in the room was stunned. Weren't they supposed to be on the verge of a fight? How did it suddenly turn into a family-recognition show?
The shift in the plot was so abrupt that even Senju Tobirama, who had been mentally prepared for surprises, hadn't expected this outcome at all.
"Young clan leader?"
Li Jie Xuan scratched his head in confusion. "What exactly are you talking about?"
"There's no mistake!"
Kurama Jinxin paced back and forth excitedly. "You possess the strongest genjutsu bloodline limit of our Kurama clan. This bloodline limit appears once every few generations!"
"Heaven truly favors our Kurama clan!"
Kurama Jinxin excitedly knelt before Li Jie Xuan and embraced the ground with deep emotion.
"First Lord, it must have been you who sent such a genius as Li Jie Xuan to us, allowing the Kurama clan to rise to glory once again!"
"This guy… has completely lost his mind."
Nara Lushen stared with his mouth wide open in shock. From one glance, you could practically see straight past his tonsils to his intestines.
Li Jie Xuan, however, had already figured it out.
The bloodline limit he had just displayed was actually Kurama Yakumo's ability. It was only natural that Kurama Jinxin would mistake him for a descendant of the Kurama clan who had been lost outside the family…
He was clearly anxious to have Li Jie Xuan acknowledge his ancestry and revitalize the clan!
"I'm not a member of the Kurama clan!"
"Young clan leader, you may deny it, but the blood of the Kurama clan still flows within you!"
Kurama Jinxin looked completely certain, respectfully kneeling before Li Jie Xuan.
"The blood in my body isn't just from the Kurama clan. If you really count it, it also includes Haku's, Hatake's, and even Kaguya's bloodline."
Li Jie Xuan felt like complaining, but he couldn't say it outright. Stealing bloodline limits was a serious crime…
He dispelled the flames burning on Kurama Jinxin and sighed helplessly.
"Let's just pretend I never used that genjutsu, alright? I'm really not a member of the Kurama clan!"
"Young clan leader, it was my fault for failing to recognize you earlier. Please don't stay angry because of that!"
Kurama Jinxin clung to Li Jie Xuan's leg, crying with tears and snot streaming down his face.
"How shameless…"
The members of the other great clans nearby slowly came to their senses. Nara Lushen gritted his teeth in particular.
"You bastard, Kurama Jinxin! So this was your plan all along? I was worried about you for nothing!"
For a moment, everyone reached the same conclusion:
Kurama Jinxin had deliberately staged this entire performance just to pull Li Jie Xuan—a talented young genius with no clan—into the Kurama clan.
"That's utterly shameless!"
Everyone let out scornful snorts of contempt.
After a moment of silence, a jonin from the Akimichi clan stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"Looking at how fair and chubby this kid is… could he possibly be a child our Akimichi clan lost outside?"
"If that's the case, our Hyuga clan might also—"
"The Uchiha might also—"
"That's enough!"
Nara Lushen could no longer stand it and jumped out to scold them.
"What kind of behavior is this? We're all elders of our clans. If other villages hear about us fighting like this, we'll become the laughingstock of the ninja world!"
Hearing that, the jonin from the various clans all lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Senju Tobirama nodded in satisfaction.
At critical moments, Nara Lushen, the strategist, could still keep a cool head. He was calm enough.
"You must remain calm!"
Nara Lushen rubbed his chin and said seriously.
"Speaking of calmness, that reminds me of Li Jie Xuan. At such a young age, he's already so composed—very similar to our Nara clan!"
"Perhaps Li Jie Xuan is actually a member of the Nara clan…"
"..."
"Lushen, you shameless old thief!"